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Even the young ones are rarely attacked because their mother is always there to protect them. Once properly measured, I propose the rhinobladder to be Metafilter's new standard for liquid volume. This study [pdf] collected all the urine and feces produced by a female white rhino over a four day period to measure hormone absorption. Hu and his colleagues think this efficient biological system could be useful in the engineering world, and could even be scaled up. To compare peeing rates across the animal kingdom, Hu and his colleagues turned to two venues where it's easy to find fauna: Wikipedia lists horse weight as approximately to kg, depending on the type.

Rhinoceros Images

This key differentiation is further illustrated by the shape of the two species mouths lips: The body is short and has stubby legs. Adult rhinoceros have no real predators in the wild, other than humans. Media related to Rhinoceroses in art at Wikimedia Commons. Greek historian and geographer Agatharchides 2nd century BC mentions the rhinoceros in his book On the Erythraean Sea. The photos you see below are just small thumbnail pics of some of our much bigger images we offer for purchase and immediate download. South African Journal of Wildlife Research.

Rhinoceros - Wikipedia

Unlike other perissodactyls , the two African species of rhinoceros lack teeth at the front of their mouths, relying instead on their lips to pluck food. The plural in English is rhinoceros or rhinoceroses. Like the closely related, and larger, Indian rhinoceros , the Javan rhino has a single horn. This page was last edited on 3 May , at

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Description: The last known Javan rhino in Vietnam was reportedly killed for its horn in by Vietnamese poachers. Esmond Bradley Martin has reported on the trade for dagger handles in Yemen. Contrary to popular belief, the market for rhino horn is not largely driven by the Chinese. The main difference between black and white rhinos is the shape of their mouths — white rhinos have broad flat lips for grazing, whereas black rhinos have long pointed lips for eating foliage. Retrieved 25 December